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Trial reportEuropean journal of nutrition2017

Chronic pistachio intake modulates circulating microRNAs related to glucose metabolism and insulin resistance in prediabetic subjects.

Pablo Hernández-Alonso, Simona Giardina, Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Pierre Arcelin, Mònica Bulló

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in European journal of nutrition, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01441921 (Effect of Pistachio Intake on Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus), which is not on this map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT01441921 nacompletednot on this map

Effect of Pistachio Intake on Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

TypeinterventionalSponsorInstitut Investigacio Sanitaria Pere VirgiliRan2011 to 2017Enrolled50ConditionsType 2 Diabetes MellitusArmsPistachios, control diet
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Pablo Hernández-AlonsoHuman Nutrition Unit, Biochemistry and Biotechnology Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Hospital of Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, St/Sant Llorenç 21, 43201, Reus, Spain.
Simona GiardinaHuman Nutrition Unit, Biochemistry and Biotechnology Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Hospital of Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, St/Sant Llorenç 21, 43201, Reus, Spain.
Jordi Salas-SalvadóHuman Nutrition Unit, Biochemistry and Biotechnology Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Hospital of Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, St/Sant Llorenç 21, 43201, Reus, Spain. jordi.salas@urv.cat.
Pierre ArcelinABS Reus V. Centre d'Assistència Primària Marià Fortuny, SAGESSA, Reus, Spain.
Mònica BullóHuman Nutrition Unit, Biochemistry and Biotechnology Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Hospital of Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, St/Sant Llorenç 21, 43201, Reus, Spain. monica.bullo@urv.cat.
Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili · ESSpanish Biomedical Research Centre in Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition · ESUniversidad Rovira i Virgili · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo assess the effects of a pistachio-enriched diet on the profile of circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) related to glucose metabolism and insulin resistance (IR).

methodsRandomized crossover clinical trial in 49 subjects with prediabetes was performed. Subjects consumed a pistachio-supplemented diet (PD, 50 % carbohydrates, 33 % fat, including 57 g/day of pistachios) and an isocaloric control diet (CD, 55 % carbohydrates and 30 % fat) for 4 months each, separated by a 2-week washout period. The plasma profile of a set of seven predefined miRNAs related to glucose and insulin metabolism was analyzed by quantitative RT-PCR.

resultsAfter the PD period, subjects have shown significant lower circulating levels of miR-192 and miR-375 compared to CD period, whereas miR-21 nonsignificantly increased after PD compared with CD (47 vs. 2 %, P = 0.092). Interestingly, changes in circulating miR-192 and miR-375 were positively correlated with plasma glucose, insulin and HOMA-IR.

conclusionChronic pistachio consumption positively modulates the expression of some miRNA previously implicated on insulin sensitivity.

Indexed as

Insulin ResistanceNutsPistaciaBlood GlucoseBlood PressureBody Mass IndexCholesterolCirculating MicroRNACross-Over StudiesDietDietary CarbohydratesDietary FatsDietary ProteinsFemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansBlood GlucoseCholesterolCirculating MicroRNADietary CarbohydratesDietary FatsDietary ProteinsGlycated HemoglobinInsulinTriglyceridesGlucosemicroRNAPistachioPrediabetes

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